Chords for Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy Live Ventura Theater with America

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_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] He was born on a [Db] summer [Eb] day, _ [Ab] _ 1951, _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] and with the slap of a [Db] hand he had [Eb] landed as an [Ab] only son.
_ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] His [Fm] mother and father said, what a [Eb] lovely boy, we'll [Db] teach him what we learned.
Oh [Eb] yes, it's what we learned.
We'll [Fm] dress him up warmly, [Eb] we'll send him to school.
[Db] We'll teach him how to fight the beat.
[C] Nobody's fool.
[Db] Oh, _ _ _ [G] what a [C] lonely [Abm]
boy.
_ [Bb] Oh, what a lonely [Db]
boy.
_ [Eb] Oh, what a lonely [Ab] boy.
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_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] In the summer of 53, his [Ab] mother brought him a sister.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ She told him, we must pretend you're a niece.
She's so [Ab] much younger than you.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ Well, [Fm] he ran down the hall and he [Eb] cried.
Oh, [Db] how could his parents have [Eb] lied _ when [Fm] they said he was the only [Eb] son.
_ [Db] He thought he was the [C] only one.
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Oh, _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ [F] what a lonely boy.
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_ _ _ [Eb] Oh, what a lonely [Ab]
boy.
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_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] Oh, what a lonely boy.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ [Db] Goodbye, oh, _ _ [Fm] hey.
_ [Db] Goodbye, Papa.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ Papa's gone [Db]
too.
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_ _ [Db] _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] He left home on a winter [Eb] day, _ [Ab] 1969.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] And he left to find all the love he [Eb] had lost in that early time.
_ _ _ _ [Ab] Yeah, [Fm] the sister grew up and [Eb] she married a man.
[Db] He gave her a son.
[Eb] Oh, yes, a lovely [F] son.
Dressed him up [Eb] warmly, they sent him to school.
[Db] He taught him how to fight the [C] beat.
Nobody's fool.
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Oh, _ _ [G] _ [Cm] what a [Abm] lonely boy.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, what a [Db] lonely boy.
_ _ [Eb] Oh, what a [Fm] lonely boy.
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_ _ [G] Oh, what [Cm] a lonely [B]
boy.
_ _ [Bb] Oh, what a lonely [Db]
boy.
_ _ [Eb] Oh, what a lonely boy.
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_ [E] _ Thank you very [N] much. _
There's a lot more show where that came from. _ _ _